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Bill would formalize right of petitioners to present warrant articles at town meetings
Summary
Representative Diane Power's bill would require moderators to give a designated primary petitioner the opportunity to introduce and be allotted time equal to the longest presentation given to governing bodies or budget committees when petition warrant articles are considered.
House Bill 228, presented by Representative Diane Power, would change how petition warrant articles are handled at annual and special municipal and school district meetings. The bill would require petitioners to identify a primary petitioner on the written petition application. If no primary petitioner is identified, the first registered voter listed on the petition would serve that role. The bill would also require moderators to provide the primary petitioner an opportunity to introduce the petitioned article and to give that petitioner at least the same amount of time…
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